Ndi Medea Benjamin, The Guardian.
Purezidenti Trump awonjezera kulowererapo kwa US ku Syria. Lipoti lina linati zigawenga za ku America zimene zikuchitika kumeneko zapha kapena kuvulaza anthu wamba ochuluka kuposa zinyalala za ku Russia.
Pa Trump adauza gulu la maseneta sabata ino kuti asitikali aku US "akuchita bwino kwambiri" ku Iraq. "Zotsatira zake ndizabwino kwambiri," adatero a Trump. Mabanja a anthu mazana ambiri osalakwa omwe aphedwa paziwopsezo za ndege zaku US kuyambira pomwe Trump adakhala Purezidenti angatsutsane.
Kumbukirani pamene woimira pulezidenti Donald Trump adawombera pulezidenti wakale George Bush chifukwa chokokera United States ku nkhondo ya Iraq, ndikutcha kuti kuwukirako ndi "kulakwitsa kwakukulu, kwakukulu"? Nanga bwanji malowa ndi Purezidenti Donald Trump akuwonjezera kutenga nawo gawo pankhondo yaku US ku Iraq, komanso ku Syria ndi Yemen, ndikuphulika kwenikweni mazana a anthu wamba osalakwa panthawiyi?
Monga gawo la kampeni yochotsa mzinda wa Mosul ku Iraq ku Islamic State, pa Marichi 17, mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US udayambitsa. airstrikes m'malo okhalamo zomwe zidapha anthu opitilira 200. Zigawengazi zidagwetsa nyumba zingapo zodzaza ndi anthu wamba omwe adauzidwa ndi boma la Iraq kuti asathawe.
Ziwombankhangazi zili pakati pa ziwopsezo zapamwamba kwambiri zakufa kwa anthu wamba ku US air mission kuyambira kuwukira kwa Iraq mu 2003. Poyankha kudandaula kwapadziko lonse pakufa kwakukulu kwa anthu osalakwa kumeneku, Lt Gen Stephen Townsend, wamkulu wa US ku Iraq ndi Syria, adati: "Tikadachita, ndinganene kuti pali mwayi woti tidatero, zinali zongochitika mwangozi ngozi yankhondo. "
A Donald Trump adadzudzula mokweza kampeni ya Purezidenti Obama yolimbana ndi Islamic State kuti "yadekha kwambiri" ndipo adapempha kuti awunikenso malamulo omenyera nkhondo omwe amateteza anthu wamba. Asitikali aku US akuumirira kuti malamulo okhudzana ndi mgwirizano sanasinthe, koma akuluakulu aku Iraq asintha yotchulidwa mu New York Times ponena kuti pakhala kumasuka kwa malamulo a mgwirizano wa mgwirizano kuyambira pomwe Purezidenti Trump adatenga udindo.
Purezidenti Trump adawonjezeranso kulowererapo kwa US ku Syria. M'mwezi wa Marichi, adavomereza kutumizidwa kwa asitikali ena 400 kuti akamenyane ndi Islamic State ku Syria, ndipo awonjezera kuchuluka kwa ziwonetsero zaku US kumeneko.
Malinga ndi bungwe lochokera ku UK Airwars, kwa nthawi yoyamba kuyambira pomwe dziko la Russia lidalowererapo pankhondo yapachiweniweni ku Syria mu 2015, mikangano ya US ku Syria tsopano ndiyomwe yachititsa kuti anthu wamba awonongeke kuposa kumenyedwa kwa Russia. Zina mwa zochitika zowononga kwambiri zinali a kumenya pasukulu kubisa anthu othawa kwawo kunja kwa Raqqa komwe kudapha anthu osachepera 30, ndi a kuwukira mzikiti kumadzulo kwa Aleppo zomwe zidapha anthu wamba ambiri pomwe amapemphera.
Ndege zowononga ku Iraq ndi Syria zikudzetsa mantha komanso kusakhulupirirana. Anthu anena kuti nyumba zambiri za anthu wamba monga zipatala ndi masukulu zikuukiridwa. Asitikali aku US amavomereza kuti boma la Islamic likugwiritsira ntchito kwambiri nyumba zamtunduwu pazifukwa zankhondo, podziwa kuti pali zoletsa zophulitsa mabomba pansi pa malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi.
Mlembi wa chitetezo ku US, James Mattis, akuumirira kuti "palibe gulu lankhondo padziko lapansi lomwe limatsimikiziridwa kuti limakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi ovulala wamba" ndipo cholinga cha asitikali aku US nthawi zonse sichinapha anthu wamba. Koma, adawonjezeranso kuti mgwirizanowu "sadzasiya kudzipereka kwathu kwa anzathu aku Iraq chifukwa cha njira zankhanza za Isis zowopseza anthu wamba, kugwiritsa ntchito zishango za anthu, komanso kumenyana ndi malo otetezedwa monga masukulu, zipatala, malo azipembedzo ndi madera ozungulira anthu wamba.
Koma mabungwe omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe akuti asitikali otsogozedwa ndi dziko la United States alephera kuchitapo kanthu pofuna kupewa kuphedwa kwa anthu wamba, komwe ndi kuphwanya kwambiri malamulo okhudza chithandizo cha anthu padziko lonse lapansi. Pamene Chifundo Mayiko amadzudzula Isis chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito anthu wamba ngati zishango za anthu, akutsindikanso kuti mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US udakali ndi udindo woti zisayambitse ziwawa zomwe anthu ambiri atha kuphedwa.
Kuzama kwa a Trump kunkhondo ku Middle East morass kumafikiranso ku Yemen, ndi zotsatira zoyipa zofananira. Kuwukira kwa gulu la Yemeni la al-Qaida pa Januware 28 kudapangitsa kuti osati chisindikizo cha Navy chimodzi chokha, koma anthu wamba ambiri aku Iraq, kuphatikiza azimayi 10 ndi ana.
Gulu la a Trump lalimbikitsanso kulowererapo kwa US kunkhondo yapachiweniweni ku Yemen popereka thandizo ku kampeni yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi yolimbana ndi a Houthis. Purezidenti Obama adayimitsa kugulitsa zida zankhondo zotsogozedwa ndi a Saudis chifukwa cha chidwi cha Saudi choloza malo omwe anthu wamba.
Mlembi wa dziko la United States, Rex Tillerson, akupempha Pulezidenti Trump kuti athetse chiletsocho, ngakhale Amnesty International inachenjeza kuti zida zatsopano za US zingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuwononga miyoyo ya anthu wamba ku Yemeni ndikuyika olamulira pa milandu ya nkhondo.
Chomwe chingawononge kwambiri ndi pempho la Mattis kuti asitikali aku US achite nawo chiwembu pa mzinda wa Hodeidah ku Yemen, doko lomwe lakhala m'manja mwa zigawenga za Houthi. Ili ndi doko lomwe zambiri zothandizira anthu zimadutsa. Ndi Yemenis 7 miliyoni omwe ali kale ndi njala, kusokonezeka kwathunthu kwa doko la Hodeidah kungapangitse dzikolo kukhala ndi njala.
"Kuwonongeka kwa kulowererapo ndi chisokonezo ziyenera kutha," a Trump adabangula mu imodzi mwazokamba zake "zikomo" atangomaliza zisankho. Ku chisangalalo cha khamulo, adalonjeza kuti United States ichoka ku mikangano yapadziko lonse lapansi yomwe siili yofunikira kudziko la America.
Zikuoneka kuti lonjezo limenelo linali bodza limodzi lalikulu, lonenepa. A Trump akukokera United States mozama kwambiri ku Middle East, pomwe anthu wamba ambiri akulipira mtengo womaliza.
Medea Benjamin ndi woyambitsa gulu lamtendere CODEPINK.
